Update 6/11/2012

Anthony Sanchez has resigned!

According to a Anthony Sanchez’s Attorney, Ryan Childers, Sanchez, 34, resigned from his job as the director of the Imperial Irrigation District on Saturday.

The Imperial Valley Press reported that more than 1,000 people signed an online petition calling for Sanchez’s recall.

Anthony Sanchez a Imperial Irrigation District Director in California was arrested on suspicion of felony child abuse after his neighbor posted a video of him whipping his stepson with a belt after he failed to catch a baseball. The 34-year-old Sanchez has his bail set at $100,000.

Sanchez’s neighbor Oscar Lopez caught him on tape as he beat his stepson with a belt. The video was posted online and turned over to police.